Wednesday, October 20, 2010

a new favorite

I grew up with my mom's go-to appetizer, smoked salmon spread. It's easy to whip together, and tastes great, if you like smoked salmon. It's sort of a poor man's lox.Dyami's not a huge fan, unfortunately, so I haven't made it too much.But lately, I got a hankering. So I made some. And on a whim, let Lucy smell it."Do you want some?" I asked."Yeah," she said. And proceeded to eat it. By the bowlful.

On another whim, I gave some to Julia, expecting her to throw it on the floor, like everything else. Instead, she scraped the salmon off of the cracker, and shoved it in her mouth. After about ten crackers, she was a smoky mess.

Me, I'm pleased. Apparently my smoked-salmon genes have prevailed.Dyami: not so pleased. Because even I'll admit Julia's new kisses are just the tiniest bit fishy.